Elvis Costello Quotes

And I don't feel any form of music is beyond me in the sense of that I don't understand it or I don't have some love for some part of it. 
Elvis Costello 

And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some cases searching up country music. 
Elvis Costello 

And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write arrangements for chamber group, chamber orchestra, jazz orchestra, symphony orchestra even. 
Elvis Costello 

I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies. 
Elvis Costello 

I followed The Byrds a lot, and then when they did a country styled record it made me curious to know who these people were that they liked. 
Elvis Costello 

I know that when I make a record like The Delivery Man as a contrast to even Il Sogno, this is going to reach a wider audience, because it communicates in that very direct way. 
Elvis Costello 

I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time. 
Elvis Costello 

Maybe I just never learned my harmony part, because what everybody says sounds odd to them sounds perfectly natural to me. 
Elvis Costello 

Obviously I got known for some other songs early on, and some of those were rock'n'roll songs. Some of them were melodic pop songs. And I've done lots of different things, as you know, but every so often I get drawn back. 
Elvis Costello 

Obviously the people that I admired, like the Beatles, were really into rock'n'roll, but it was already a little past rock'n'roll when I started listening and making my own choices about music. 
Elvis Costello 

Really the only thing holding a lot of records together is the personality of the singer, and the will to write all of these different things. 
Elvis Costello 

Sometimes I write notes that I have difficulty singing. 
Elvis Costello 

These are the sort of things that push you on in music - the curiosity, a passion for new ideas. 
Elvis Costello 

Very similar experience happened last year when we released this album, North. It was on Deutsche Grammophon, it was very, very honest. It was the most honest record I've ever written. 
Elvis Costello 

Well, I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years. And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you. 
Elvis Costello 

Women hear rhythm differently than men. 
Elvis Costello 

You have to face the fact that I have no reputation as a composer; I have my reputation as a songwriter and a performer-and that opportunity came this summer, when I was invited to perform at the Lincoln Centre festival in New York... three nights. 
Elvis Costello